Deferring Full-Time Starting Date for a few months
Hi everyone,
I am seeking genuine advice on this one, so no troll comments please. I am considering pushing back or asking to defer FT starting date due to my medical conditions that interfere with my daily life and I know will affect my ability to work. I have read a lot of posts regarding this topic and have heard different opinions on this, with people saying that bank wont allow it, just start with everyone else in your class so you dont fall behind or a burden, or you simply cant because of the training program and you have to take the exams or they might even take your offer away. I dont really see a problem with training as long as I take all the required exams before I hit the desk but the only concern is that the bank may not have time to find another analyst in time and will not take my request into consideration or in worst case just give away my position to someone else. I was going to push through and try my best to start on time but each day it’s becoming more difficult to see the light and am beginning to get seriously concerned since I worked hard for this and do not want to risk the request to backfire. If helpful, I am supposed to start within next two months at a BB. I would really appreciate any thoughtful advice.
Thanks
Think that people on this forum make it much bigger of an issue than it actually is. At my BB there is no problem in giving out offers to people to later defer them even by 1 year (i.e. they decide to do Master's in Finance and effectively join in T+2 years since their summer). Do not see why they shouldn't be able to do it due to your medical situation.
Also, your team will be fine with or without you. With all the respect, juniors are replaceable, people resign all the time and teams must deal with it.
Even if (although very unlikely) they pull out your offer, think you need to prioritize your health over the job. Careers are long and you can always find another gig. Agree, it will take time and effort, but you can do it again since you have already done it once. While without your health in tact it will be though to have a career. Hang in there, fingers crossed you recover soon!
If you can afford it, you might be better off asking for a one year deferral. The concerns they might have with ~3 months are that: a) neither you nor the bank can be totally confident that your health problems will be fully resolved in that timeframe, and b) you'll miss training. But if you just want to join the next class, that's one less person they have to spend time and money recruiting this fall. (And there's a decent chance they've overhired this year, at least modestly, in which case they'll welcome the headcount/payroll relief).
But I'd take it to the head of the group you've been placed into first, and HR second.
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